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DECBEE 

 AGAINST THE BI.ACK FLY (ALHUBOCANTHUS WOaiUMI) . 



On the recommendation of the Commission of Plant Sanita- 

 tion the following decree was issued : 



Whereas: There has appeared in the municipality of Guanta- 

 namo, Province of Oriente, a new insect pest, called "Black Fly" 

 (Aleur acanthus woglumi), which attacks citrus, guava, mango, coffee, 

 zapote, granado, false grape, star-apple, and mammey apple, extending 

 rapidly and occasioning serious damage to the plants attacked; , 



In consideration : of the fact that it is the duty of this Depart- 

 ment to avoid the propagation of anything injurious to agriculture in 

 general, and in use of the faculties that pertain to this Office, 



RESOLVED: 



1. That every proprietor or tenant of land infested with the 

 "Black Fly" will be obliged to notify the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 Comerce and Labor of such condition in the quickest way possible 

 and employ the remedies recommended by this Department for the 

 destruction of the insect. 



2. Under no pretext whatever can there be removed from an 

 infested farm any plant or part of plant of the group of citrus trees, 

 or any guava, mango, coffee, zapote, granado, false grape, star-apple, 

 or mammey-apple or any other plant infested by the Black Fly. 



3. The importation of these plants from India, the Islands of 

 Bahama, or Jamaica is absolutely prohibited. 



Habana, July 20, 1916. 



(S.) EMILIO NtJNEZ, 



Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor. 



DECREE AGAINST THE BANANA DISEASE. 



On the o-ecommendation of the 'Commission of Plant Sanita- 

 tion, the Secretary of Agriculture, Comerce and Labor issued 

 the following decree : 



Whereas : There exists in the Republic of Cuba a disease, called 

 Panama Disease, injurious to banana plants. 



In consideration of the fact that this disease has not yet appear- 

 ed in the Province of Oriente, and that it occurs in the Islands of Porto 

 Rico and Jamaica as well as in Panama and other countries, 



RESOLVED: 



1. That the importation of banana plants into Cuba is prohibited 

 unless they are accompanied by a certificate of their origin in which 

 it is stated that they come from a district free from diseases. 



